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What Next for the Western Sahara? The Repercussions of Security Council Resolution 2797
Nov 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 31 October, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution asserting that granting the Western Sahara “genuine autonomy”…
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The 2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections
Nov 10, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 11 November 2025, Iraqis are heading to the polls to cast their vote in the sixth parliamentary election…
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Saudi Crown Prince in Washington: The Return of Realpolitik
Nov 6, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
President Donald Trump voiced optimism that Saudi Arabia would soon join the 2020 Abraham Accords that normalized relations between…
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What Does the Fall of El-Fasher Mean for Sudan?
Nov 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 26 October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia seized control of El-Fasher, the last stronghold of the…
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Trump’s “Peace” Declaration: Reshaping the Middle East to Suit Israel
Oct 19, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
At the “Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit” in Egypt on 13 October, US President Donald Trump formally declared that “the…
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The Peace Framework for Gaza: Drivers, Details, and Difficulties Ahead
Oct 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
In the early hours of 9 October 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that Hamas and Israel had agreed…
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Gulf Security After the Israeli Strike on Doha: Waning US Guarantees and Expanding Options
Oct 2, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On September 17, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Riyadh and announced a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The…
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Doha Wasn’t a One‑Off: What Israel’s 9 September Strike Signals?
Oct 2, 2025Muhanad Seloom
On 9 September 2025, Israel launched an airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas’s senior political leadership. The strike killed five…
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Two State Solution Summit: Symbolic Recognition Under the Reality of Occupation
Sep 28, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
A high-level international conference on the two-state solution was resumed at the United Nations headquarters in New York on…
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Proposed Syria-Israel Security Agreement: Provisions and Prospects
Sep 22, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Syria-Israel negotiations accelerated markedly in the run up to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly scheduled to…
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The Doha Emergency Summit: Outcomes and Regional Implications
Sep 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On 15 September, the Qatari capital, Doha, hosted an emergency Arab and Islamic summit convened in response to the…
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What Does Israel’s Planned Annexation of the West Bank Mean for the Palestinian National Project?
Sep 9, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
The occupied West Bank is undergoing rapid political and on-the-ground developments that reflect a fundamental shift in the approach…
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Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant
Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for…
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Maghreb-Sahel Nexus: Rapprochement, Rivalries and Realignments
Aug 14, 2025Aicha Elbasri
Over three decades since the launch of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the Maghreb region today finds itself deeply…
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Lebanon Seeks a State Monopoly on Arms: Political and Security Implications
Aug 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
The recent Israeli war on Lebanon, which inflicted severe damage to Hezbollah’s capabilities and decimated its leadership, gave the…
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Trump vs. the Federal Reserve: The Battle of Wills Threatening an Eminent Institution
Jul 31, 2025Unit for Economic Studies
President Donald Trump has charted an economic course for the United States based on his deep personal convictions, blending…
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Clashes in Sweida and the Sectarian Question in Syria
Jul 21, 2025Unit for Political Studies
Sweida province in southern Syria, home to a majority Druze population, witnessed a bloody bout of sectarian violence from…
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Coming to Terms with Economic Sanctions on Iran
Jul 13, 2025Meriem Heni
For more than four decades, Iran has been subject to wide-ranging international sanctions, first by the United States in…
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From Imperial Containment to Catastrophe: Why the US-Israeli Strategy Against Iran Collapsed
Jul 6, 2025Bamo Nouri Inderjeet Parmar
The military escalation of June 2025 – marked by Israel’s unprovoked and illegal attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and…
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A War With No Winners
Jun 23, 2025Mehran Kamrava
acrobat Icon The United States has finally caved in to Israeli pressure and has bombed Iran’s most important nuclear…

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